Who said it?

“If their fighter planes could escape from Iran’s air defense system, their bases will be hit by our devastating surface-to-surface missiles before they land.”

Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh

The commander of the Guard’s air force, boasting to state TV that Iran could deter any military strike by Israel as the country began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack.

“I don’t want a big-government, Washington-run operation that would undermine the ... private insurance that 200 million Americans now have.”

Ben Nelson

A conservative Nebraska Democrat in a statement after Moderate Senate Democrats threatened to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren’t met.